Pulverizing-plow.



F. BEDEE. PULVERIZING PLOW. APPLIOATION FILED JAN.28, 1909.

.Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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FREEBORN BEDEE, OF WELLINGTON, OHIO.

PULVERIZING-PLOW.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnnunonN Banen, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVellington, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulverizing-Plows,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pulverizing plows, the primaryobject of the invention being to provide a generally improved plow,having an improved form of moldboard carrying a plurality ofhorizontally arranged cutter-disks, adapted to raise, cut, turn over,and disintegrate the furrow-slice at a single operation and with lessfriction than is required to raise and turn over the usual integralfurrow-slice by the ordinary plow. The above mentioned lessening offriction or resistance offered to the plow in the plowing operation isdue, primarily, to the cutting action of the cutterdisks arranged inechelon on the face of the moldboard and adapted to successively cut thefurrow-slice into a plurality of longitudinal slices as the furrow-sliceis being turned over by the moldboard, it being evident that each sliceis turned over individually and unhampered by the other or remainingportions of the furrowslice.

lith the above mentioned ends in view, the invent-ion, in its presentembodiment, consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure1, is a side elevation of the improved plow constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same. Fig. 8, a rearview of one of the adjustably mounted bearingbrackets and thecutter-disk carried thereby.

Fig. 4, a similar view of a modified form of adjustable mounting for thecutter-disks. Fig. 5, a top plan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The frame or stock of the improved plow comprises the usual curved beam1, terminating at its rear in the usual sheth or standard 1a. The frameor stock also comprises the usual handles 2, and connected by a round 3,said handles being preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 2S, 1909.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 474,884.

braced by means of the horizontal brace rods 4, connected to the rear ofthe beam 1.

The operative parts of the improved plow may comprise the usual share 5,roller-coltcr (i, and an elongated moldboard 7, and land side S.

The elongated mold -board is provided with a plurality of slot openings9, arranged in echelon or steps from the lower rear portion to the upperfront portion of the moldboard as shown most clearly in Fig. 1, of thedrawings. The slot openings 9, are preferably provided with enlarged orinverted truncated terminal ends 9a, and are adapted to receive andcontain a plurality of cutterdisks 10, horizontally-arranged andprojecting from the face side of the moldboard as shown. The upper ormost advanced cutterdisk 10a, is preferably of concavou convex form andis preferably arranged in the form of an inverted dish. The cutter-disksare carried within the slot openings by means of bearing-brackets 11,secured to the rear side of the moldboard by means of the usual plowbolts 12. As a means for providing for the horizontal inclination oradjustment of the cutter-disks within the slot openings 9, the baseportions of the bearing-brackets 11, are provided with vertical guideslots 13, through which the plow-bolts 12, pass. (See Figs. 3 and 4).

As a means for projecting and retracting the several cutter-disks withinthe slot-openings 9, whereby the depth of the cutting or slicing actionof the cutter-disk 10, may be regulated, the bearing-bracket andadjusting mechanism shown in Figs. 4, and 5, may be provided. Saidbearing-bracket and adjusting mechanism comprises a bracket-rack 14,provided with guide-ways 15. The bearingbracket 11, is slidably mountedin thc guideways 15, and is pivotally connected at4 its rear to acutter-disk adjusting lever 16, in the present instance, horizontallyarranged above the bracket-rack 14, and pivotally connected at its endto a swiveled head 17, carried by a standard 18. The standard 1S, issecured to the rear of the mold by the usual plow-bolt 19. The lever 16,is provided with the usual latching bolt 20, adapted to engage with thenotches 14a, of the bracket-rack 14, and is operated by the usual handlever 21, and connecting rod Q2, in a well known manner.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention willbe readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, without having attempted to setforth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of itsuse, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentis,-

In a pulverizing plow, an elongated mold board provided with horizontalslot open ings having inverted truncated terminal ends and arranged in adiagonal line from

